Now in theory, it sounded easy. Quickly choose and post fourteen of my own personal favorite blog posts that I composed and hit the publish button on in 2014. Starting to browse back through 2014 and choose the posts became a different story. There’s so much heart and meaning in our own personal stories. Lots […]
From Point A to Point B to Point C
When we got married, I started out driving a 1989 two door gray Blazer that still had a tape deck and I still listened to cassette tapes. I loved my little gray Blazer. My young husband had sold his black 1993 Chevy stepside pickup right before we got married and bought the Blazer for us. […]
More Quotes and Words That Resonate With Me
Oh the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person: having neither to weigh thoughts or measure words, but to pour them out. Just as they are-chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness, blow the rest […]
Even Though…Yet I WILL…
Even though Satan hisses fiercely and growls threateningly and mockingly and darkly in my face… Even though discouragement swirls in eddies and drops of disdain, from others, fall in cold splatters flinging their deceit up and around me… Even though milo falls down and rains don’t come or come all at once and bills stack […]
Quotes and Words and Things Like That
Ever feel like all the wise words and inspiration and good teaching and witty words and humor and encouragement has already been written? Sometimes I do. I read things sometimes and think it couldn’t be said any better. I enjoy copying down and mulling over quotes that touch me and I often wish I could […]
Because Mamas Do a Lot
I have these two half-grown children living at my house. And if you read my blog very often I’m sure you’re thinking, “Wow. She mostly just talks about how fast time goes by and how quickly her kids grow!!” Too true. I do feel that way a lot and I do think about it a […]
Our Guest Room Makeover, Decor Style, and a Good Bit of Rambling
Back in the winter, I dug around for the leftover paint I knew I had and moved a few things out into the room-at-the-top-of-the-stairs and rounded up paintbrushes, dropcloths {a.k.a. as old shower curtains and plastic}, paint rollers, and such, and commenced to paint my guest room. We didn’t paint it before we moved in […]
The Interpreter Inside Each One Of Us
I’ve been thinking off and on about interpretation. We all do a lot of interpreting. We do it and aren’t even aware that we are. We read something and we interpret what we perceive the author is saying. We watch a movie and we take away something, whether we watch it just for fun or […]
Three Things I Struggle With
Three things I struggle with ~ Hmmm??? Only three?? 😉 Ok, hit it………. {not listed in any special order or in accordance with how big or small the struggle} No. 1. INTERRUPTIONS I don’t like to be interrupted. Especially when I’m really focused on something or trying to really think […]
Pain, Planes, Pressure, Plans, and Parties
Plans. We all make ’em. We all keep them. We all have them. We all dream them. We all change them. And sometimes we just flat out cancel them. Plans. I had plans. My littles, that aren’t so little, but I still always want to call them my littles and probably always will, and I […]
I’m Thankful For So Many Simple Things {And Not So Simple Too}
So, I started a gratitude journal a couple of years ago and I wrote about it recently. There really is just so much to be thankful for ! From air conditioning to toothbrushes to end tables and extension cords. Electricity and sticky buns, iced tea or hot coffee. New socks and favorite, old books! Here’s […]
Summer, You Really Aren’t Due To Arrive Yet. {Just in case you missed the memo.}
Soooooooooo, summer seems to have arrived! Two reasons I think this. It’s 98 degrees. I’ve been out of the house for some reason or another, every day so far this week. Spring has successfully escaped us again! I’m hoping we’ll get a few more visits with Spring though. Our friendly weather forecast website says the […]
Worry and Wind and the One Who Walks on Water
I could see the worry lines around his eyes. Invisible, yet so visible, the weight of discouragement and decisions upon his shoulders. The silhouette of a farmer against a backdrop of swirling, blowing dustclouds. The howling wind full of dirt, rising and lifting. Our own dirty thirties. Pieces of Oklahoma and Colorado and western Kansas […]
Mess, ah Mess! {Five-Minute Friday}
When I checked in at Lisa-Jo’s the writing prompt was mess. Yep. I can sure relate to that. Don’t I find myself often saying or thinking……….. My house is a mess. I’m a mess. The wind causes a lot of mess. Who made this mess? They’re a mess. What a mess! We need to clean […]
Schedules and Seasons
As my days and weeks move forward and form months and years, I’ve noticed there is always change. In different seasons and stages in life, our schedules and activities have flexed and changed. When I had babies and toddlers, the hour after lunch involved picking up toys, choosing and reading favorite books, rocking and singing […]
God Doesn’t Need Super Glue. He Just Needs Yielded. {Five Minute Friday}
Rough patches of dried super glue stuck on my fingers. It wears away slowly and picking at it doesn’t do that much good. It’s super glue, you know. It adheres quickly to pieces, patches, fragments, or fingers. The super glue squeezes out of the applicator in a small stream along the jagged edge of the […]